AI by Age: High School (Independent, With Visibility)

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First you built the magnet tiles with them. Then you suggested the castle. By high school, they're building things you never thought of.

That's where AI should land, too. High schoolers should be finding their own uses for it. You can still make suggestions.

Here's a good one. Before they turn in an essay, have them ask AI to argue the other side. "I'm arguing the school day should start later. Argue against me." It pushes back, and they find the holes in their own argument before a teacher does.

The other thing to make clear at this age is that they own what they turn in. If it's wrong, "the AI said it" isn't an excuse. Their name is on it.

Independent doesn't mean invisible, though. You're not reading over their shoulder, but the door's open. Ask what they've been using it for lately.

Every so often, they'll show you something you didn't know it could do. Which, honestly, is the goal.